Kick-out device for fastener attaching machines



July 4, 1939. o. J. HUELSTER 2,164,743

KICK-OUT DEVICE FOR FASTENER ATTACHING MACHINES Filed Dec. 4, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR Otto J. Huelsfer July 4, 1939. o. J. HUELSTER KICK-OUT DEVICE FOR FASTENER ATTACHING IACHINES Filed Dec. 4, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I INVENTOR Otto cLHuelster BY A ORNEY Patented July 4, 1939 KICK-OUT DEVICE FOR FASTENER ATTACH- ING MACHINES Otto J. Huelster, Waterbury, Conn., assignor to Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application December 4, 1937, Serial No. 178,115

10 Claims.

This invention relates in general to fastenerattaching machines such as are commonly used in securing buttons or fastener elements to garments or the like, and particularly to a kick-out device adapted to be attached and operated with such a machine to perform a prior operation with the garment before the fastener element is attached thereto.

In the manufacture of certain classes of garments, and as a specific example we refer to the manufacture of over-alls that customarily are provided with a large patch pocket attached to the face of the bib, the upper end of the pocket is provided with means for fastening or closing it: the open end of the pocket with the underlying portion of the bib through the use of either separable fastener elements or the conventional button and button hole connection. When the patch pocket is attached to the bib it is already provided with one or more button holes or equivalent elements of a fastener device, and then it is necessary to attach the complementary fastener element to the bib and in its proper alinement. In order to do this it is first necessary 5 to remove the upper portion of a patch pocket from the setting station of the fastener element on the bib.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide a device that may be readily attached to a fastener-attaching machine, and will operate to displace the upper portion of a patch pocket from over that part of the bib to which the fastener elements are to be attached prior to the setting operation, and in such sequence as to 5 not interfere with or obstruct the setting tools of the machine. To this end a U shaped kickout member or yoke is provided and is pivotally supported by a bracket member attached to a stationary part of the machine. The kick-out yoke is capacitated to be operated by cam and linkage connection with the main operating lever of the machine giving to said yoke an oscillating motion, so that in traveling in its forward direction it picks up the forward end of the pocket and displaces it to an unobstructing position.

A further object is to provide a supporting platform that will position the garment in proper relation to the setting station of the machine. and also to the lower scooping portion of the kick-out yoke. This platform serves to assist the operator in properly locating and supporting the garment relative to the setting station of the machine.

The type of fastener attaching machine, that is only more or less generally illustrated in the accompanying drawings, to which the kick-out device is attached, is fully illustrated and described in a prior patent to Jeffrey J. Veillette #1,975,4l3, and the machine disclosed in that patent constitutes no part of this invention except as to the manner in which the kick-out device is embodied in combination therewith.

With these general objects and others in view, the invention consists in the features, combinations, details of construction and arrangement of parts which will first be described in connection with the accompanying drawings, and then more particularly pointed out in the specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a side view of a portion of a fastenerattaching machine showing the kick-out device mounted thereupon and in retracted position. An over-alls bib with a patch pocket is also shown in its proper position ready to be operated upon by the kick-out member.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same but with the garment removed.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary portion of that part of the machine, illustrated by Fig. 1, immediately surrounding the kick-out device and shows the kick-out member in its foremost or pocket-clearing position.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of the machine principally to show the linkage connection between the machine operating lever and the yoke operating means.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the kick-out member as detached from the machine, with a portion of the operating linkage included in the view. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a conventional overalls bib with attached patch pocket, showing in general a type of garment capable of being operated upon by the special construction of this fastener-attaching machine.

The invention to be described is a kick-out device in the form of a U shape yoke member generally indicated by the numeral l0, and pivotally mounted upon a supporting bracket H. The bracket H is attached to a stationary portion of the machine comprising a bearing block I2 supported by head l3 extending upwardly and forwardly from a portion of the machine bed M. The latter in turn may be mounted upon a suitable standard or pedestal, a portion only of which is shown in the drawings and indicated at [5.

Mounted on the machine bed I4 is an anvil I6 to receive one part of a fastener element disclosed as a tack I! held in position upon the face of an. anvil by a pair of opposed pivoting jaws l8. The tacks I! are fed to the anvil i8 prior to each setting operation from a hopper, not shown, through a raceway IS in a manner well known in the art of fastener machines.

The complementary fastener element, which is to be attached to the bib 2|! of a pair of overalls, may be a tack button 2| held in alined position above the tack II by means of a pair of jaws 22. The jaws 22 are attached by screws 23 to the lower ends of a pair of parallel supporting straps 24 slidably mounted in guideways 25 in the bearing block H. The tack buttons 2|, in a manner similar to the tacks H, are fed from a hopper, not shown, through a raceway 23 to the machine setting station and held within suitable sockets at the ends of the jaws. The means for securing the tack to the button 2| is a setting punch 21 carried at the lower end of a plunger 28 reciprocably mounted in the bearing block l2. The downward driving force of the plunger 28 is received from the forward bearing portion 29a of the main operating lever 23 pivoted to the machine head |3 as at 30. In order to retract the plunger 28 the adjacent ends of the plunger 28 and the bearing portion 29a of the lever 29 are bifurcated for receiving an interposed connecting link 3| pivotally attached to the parts 28 and 29 by pivot pins 32 and 33 respectively.

The disclosure and the description of the machine up to this point has been more or less general, and forms no part of the present invention; a more complete disclosure of the machine may be found in the patent reference above referred to.

The garment illustrated as being operated upon by this machine is the over-ails bib 20 already mentioned to which has been previously attached a patch pocket 34 by edge stitching 38 leaving the upper edge 35 open for reception of any articles that the wearer may wish to dispose therewithin. If desired, the open end of the pocket 34 may be fastened to the bib by suitable fastener elements which in this case are specifically illustrated as button holes 31 cooperating with the tackbutton 2|. In order to support the over-ails bib 2|] in proper relation to the setting station of the machine, provision is made of a platform table 38 rigidly supported at a predetermined distance above the pedestal I by means of a pair of goose neck brackets 39. The

inner end of the platform table 38 is curved upwardly and also slotted as at 38a to clear the tack ripping jaws i8 and other adjacent parts of the machine.

A more complete description of the yoke member i3 and supporting bracket follows:

to permit the yoke member In to freely swing thereinbetween. The yoke member Ill consists of a pair of parallel bearing arms 43 and 44 integrally connected at their lower ends by a horizontal crossbar 45 having projecting forwardly from its lower front face a scooping element 46 which acts to engage beneath the forward edge 35 of the patch pocket 34 of the over-alls bib in a manner more fully described later.

The upper extremities of the bearing arms 42 and 44 are provided with tapped holes 41 for the reception of the threaded shanks of a pair of trunnion screws 48 pivoting ,in suitable bearing apertures formed in the bracket lugs 42.

In order to operate the kick-out member III in an oscillatory manner, the left hand bearing arm 43 is formed with an integral frame 48 having a box-like cam slot 50 formed therein. The cam slot 58 consists of a relatively long straight section 50a that merges into an upper short angular offset section 502). In the upper end of the short section 58b is normally engaged a roller 5| pivoted to the lower end of a kick-out actuating rod 52. The rod 52 is vertically supported and slidably mounted in a bearing block 53 attached to the adjacent side of the machine head l3 as by screws 53a. The actuating rod 52 is operated from the main lever 23 through the connection of an adjustable block 54 slidably mounted at the upper end of said rod 52, and located at any desired position by means of a set screw 55. The block 54 is provided with outwardly extending bifurcated fingers 56 which are adapted to embrace a projecting portion of the pivot pin 33 previously mentioned for connecting the link 3| with the operating lever 28.

Operation In the operation of attaching the fastener element to the garment, in this case the over-ails bib 20 with the attached pocket 34, the assembly is transported to the machine and supported upon the table platform 33. As previously stated, either one of the elements of a fastener member is already provided on the patch pocket 34, or else a button hole 31, such as illustrated in the drawings, is already sewed into the pocket. The garment is first inserted into the front of the machine, the operator making sure that the front edge 35 of pocket 34 overlies the scooping element 46 of the kick-out yoke II], the bib for the most part resting upon the table 38. The extent of insertion of the garment into the machine is properly controlled by causing the front edge of the pocket 34 to abut against the front or adjacent face of the crossbar of the yoke In in a manner best illustrated in Fig. 1. The yoke l0 cannot swing any farther to the right than the position as viewed in Fig. 1 by reason of the particular shape and arrangement of the cam slot with the other interengaging actuating parts. The pocket is then positioned in the proper lateral direction by alining one of the button holes 31 (or the fastener element as the case may be) with the split line between the two pivoting jaws 23 or better yet with an indicating or registering mark 45a embossed or otherwise designed into the central part of the crossbar 45. With the bib 20 thus properly located with respect to the setting station of the machine, the mechanism for operating the main lever 23 may be actuated, whereupon the setting punch 21 and actuating rod 52 will be caused to descend and perform their respective duties. The par-v ticular shape of the cam slot 50 with its relative location to the actuating rod 52 is such that as the rod 52 descends the kick-out yoke will be swung in clockwise direction to a position as shown in Fig. 3 in advance of and clearing the descending jaw members 23. This operation will naturally cause the upper end 35 of the pocket 34 to be removed out of the path of the setting station of the machine and leave the over-alls bib in its proper position to attach the fastener element in proper location to register with the button hole 31 or other fastener element that may be attached to the pocket.

It is to be noted that the operating mechanism for the kick-out yoke I0 is such that the motion thereof is positive in, its action and that there will be no danger of the yoke l0 swinging backwardly or permitting the over-ails pocket to drop prematurely into the path of the fastener setting mechanism.

While the form of invention herewith shown and described embraces a preferred embodiment of the same, it is to be understood that the construction maybe varied as to mechanical details without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. In a kick-out device for attachment to a fastener-attaching machine having punch and anvil means coacting at a setting station for securing elements of a fastener member together upon a garment, said kick-out device serving to remove an overlying portion of the garment construction out of the operating path of the descending punch and comprising a bracket member attached to a stationary part of the machine, a kick-out lever pivoted to said bracket and adapted to swing through the space between the punch and anvil when in the normal rest position, a means on said lever for engagement underneath one edge of said garment overlying portion, and means connecting said kick-out lever with the operating means of said machine, and adapted to swing said lever forward of its normal rest position and remove the forward edge of the overlying portion of said garment out of the setting station of the machine prior to the fastener setting operation.

2. In a kick-out device for attachment to a machine having co-operating pressure elements and designed to secure parts of a fastener member at a predetermined location upon a garment underlying another portion of the same garment, said device comprising a lever pivoted to a stationary part of the machine and adapted to oscillate between said pressure elements, means on said lever for scooping underneath the forward edge of the overlying portion of said garment, and linkage means connecting said lever with the operating means of said machine and so designed as to cause said lever to swing forwardly and clear the overlying portion of said garment out of the path of said pressure elements.

3. In a kick-out device for attachment to a machine having co-operating pressure elements and designed to secure parts of a fastener member at a predetermined location upon a garment, said location being disposed underneath another overlying portion of the garment, said device comprising a lever pivoted to a stationary part of the machine and adapted to swing between said pressure elements, forwardly projecting flange means on said lever for scooping underneath the forward edge of the overlying portion of said garment, and linkage means connecting said lever with the operating means of said machine and adapted to swing said lever in a forward direction to remove the adjacent portion of the overlying garment prior to the operation of the pressure elements and to swing said lever back to its normal rest position after the fastener member has been secured to the garment.

4. In a kick-out device according to claim 3 wherein said lever is in the form of a U shaped yoke having means for pivoting upon opposite sides of the stationary part of the machine.

5. In a kick-out device for attachment to a fastener attaching machine designed to secure parts of a fastener member upon a garment underneath another complementary overlying portion of the garment at the setting station of the machine, said device comprising a lever member pivotally mounted to a stationary head of the machine and having means for scooping underneath the forward edge of the overlying portion v of said garment, linkage means having a cam connection with said lever and connecting the latter with the operating mechanism'of said machine and adapted through said c'am connection to swing the lever forwardly through the working station of the machine and remove the overlying portion of the garment out of the path of the fastener setting parts of the machine.

6. :In a kick-out device for attachment to a fastener attaching machine designed to secure parts of a fastener member upon a garment at a position underneath another complementary overlying portion of the garment and in alinement with a previously provided complementary fastener means in said overlying portion at the' setting station of the machine, said device comprising a lever member pivotally mounted to a stationary head of the machine and having means for scooping underneath the forward edge of the complementary garment overlying portion, linkage means having a cam connection with said lever and connecting the latter with the operating mechanism of said machine and adapted through said cam connection to swing the lever forwardly through the working station of themachine and remove the forward section of the garment overlying portion out of the path of the fastener set ting parts of the machine, said lever when in its normal inactive position serving as a means to limit the inward insertion of the garment in the machine, and gauge means on said lever to aline the garment laterally with respect to the working axis of the machine so that the securing of the fastener elements on the undergarment will be properly located with respect to the securing means in the overlying portion.

7. In a kick-out device for attachment to a fastener-attaching machine designed to secure parts of a fastener member upon a garment at a position underneath another complementary overlying portion of the garment, said device comprising a supporting bracket attached to a stationary part of the machine and having a pair of opposed projecting lugs, a U shaped yoke member having pivotal connection with said lugs, a scoop-like element extending forwardly from the front face of the connecting cross-bar of said yoke to pick-up and remove the overlying portion of the garment out of the working axis of the machine, and linkage means connecting said yoke member with the operating mechanism of the machine and imparting oscillatory motion to the yoke member causing the same to swing through the working axis of the machine in synchronism with the fastener setting operation of said machine.

8. In a kick-out device for attachment to a fastener-attaching machine designed to secure parts of a fastener member upon a garment at a position underneath another complementary overlying portion of the garment, said device including a supporting bracket attached to the stationary head of the machine and having a pair of integral lugs extending rearwardly from the opposite ends or the bracket and disposed in spaced relation to said head, a U shaped yoke member comprising a pair 01' parallel spaced arms and an integral bar connecting the lower ends of said arms, the upper ends of said arms being pivotally connected to said lugs, one of said arms having a cam slot provided therein, and linkage means having a roller connection at one end engaging in said slot and the opposite end attached tothe operating mechanism of the machine whereby rectilinear motion of the machine will be converted into oscillatory motion of the yoke member to perform a specified operation upon the overlying portion of the garment prior to the fastener setting operation.

9. In a kick-out device for attachment to a fastener-attaching machine designed to secure parts of a fastener member upon a garment at a position underneath another complementary overlying portion of the garment, said device including a supporting bracket attached to the stationary head of the machine and having vertical adjustment, relative thereto, a pair of integral lugs extending rearwardly from the opposite ends of said bracket and disposed in spaced relation to said head, a U shaped yoke member pivotally mounted to said lugs and adapted to swing through the working axis of the machine, a bearing bracket rigid with the machine head, a rod slidable in said bearing bracket, the lower end of said rod having cam and roller engagement with said yoke, and an adjustable element secured to the upper end of said rod for interconnecting the same with one of the working parts of the machine to transmit motion from said working part into oscillatory motion of said yoke member causing the latter to perform a specified operation upon the overlying portion of the garment prior to the fastener setting operation.

10. In a kick-out device for attachment to a fastener attaching machine having means coacting at a setting station to secure parts of a fastener member upon a garment at a predeter-' mined position underneath another complementary overlying portion of the garment, said device comprising in combination, a swinging lever pivotally mounted upon a stationary part of the machine, flange means on said lever adapted to be disposed underneath the forward edge of the overlying portion of the garment preliminary to the fastener setting operation, and a table member made rigid to the machine and so located as to facilitate the insertion of the garment into the machine and readily position the overlying portion of the garment with respect to the lever flange means as above stated.

O'I'IO J. HUELSTER. 

